Registers
Section 132 of the Local Government Act 1999 (the Act) requires Council to maintain a variety of registers and make them available to the community.
As required by Schedule 1B (section 13) of the Act.
Council is not party to any building upgrade agreements.
Council is responsible for the care and maintenance of a number of cemeteries:
- Barabba Cemetery (Wood Road, Barabba)
- Dublin Cemetery (Harris Road, Dublin)
- Feltwell Cemetery (Feltwell Road, Mallala. Main entrance, Old Dublin Road)
- Grace Plains Cemetery (Nairn Road, Grace Plains)
- Shannon Cemetery (Calomba Road, Long Plains)
- Two Wells Cemetery (Old Port Wakefield Road, Two Wells)
As required by section 207 of the Act and regulation 23 of the Local Government (General) Regulations 2013.
Please note: This register is currently under review and is being continually updated.
All local government land (except roads) that is owned by Council or under Council’s care, control and management, is classified as community land, unless Council has resolved to exclude the land from classification as community land.
Acknowledgement of Country
Council acknowledges that our council area is on the traditional Country of the Kaurna people of the Adelaide Plains and pays respect to Elders past, present and emerging. We recognise and respect their cultural heritage, beliefs and relationship with the land and we acknowledge that they are of continuing importance to the Kaurna living today.
As per section 90 of the Act, Council or a committee may order that the community be excluded from attendance at a meeting. Council or a committee may also order that some or all of the documents associated with the item be kept confidential.
Council or a committee, when making an order, must specify the duration, the circumstances in which the order will cease to apply, or a period after which the order must be reviewed.
In accordance with section 91(9) of the Act, any order that operates for a period exceeding 12 months must be reviewed at least once every year. Council usually undertakes this review in October each year. Some items may be released outside of this review under Chief Executive Officer delegation.
The Confidential Items Register lists all items that Council retains in confidence.
As required by section 79 of the Local Government Act 1999.
Members of Council are entitled to an allowance determined by the Remuneration Tribunal and in accordance with section 76 of the Local Government Act 1999.
The Chief Executive Officer is required to maintain and publish a Register of Allowances and Benefits which must include the annual allowance payable to the member, details of any expenses reimbursed by the Council and details of other benefits paid or payable to, or provided for the benefit of, the member by the Council.
As required by section 70 of the Act.
Council Members are required to disclose their personal interests following their election or appointment to Council.
The disclosure is made by completing a primary return (as required by section 65 of the Act) after their initial appointment to office (of the relevant 4-year term) and is then updated through the lodgment of an ordinary return each year (as required by section 66 of the Act).
Council Members are also obligated to advise Council administration when there are any changes to those interests.
Note: A Council Member’s residential address, or any other address suppressed under section 68(4)(a) of the Act, is not published.
As required by section 80A(2h) of the Act and regulation 8AA(1b) of the Local Government (General) Regulations 2013.
Council Members, within the first 12 months in office of their 4-year term, are required to comply with Mandatory Training requirements.
Failure to comply will result in suspension from office (unless the Council Member satisfies Council there were good reasons for the failure to comply).
The Mandatory Training Register lists the training completed by each Council Member.
Council is established under the Act and resultantly its powers and functions are derived from legislation. Delegations (under section 44 and 101 of the Act) enables the day to day operations of Council to be carried out by its administration.
A decision under delegated authority has the same standing as if made by Council.
The Delegations Register lists the powers delegated by Council.
Development Application Registers are a historic Council requirement and relates only to applications lodged under the repealed Development Act 1993.
For applications lodged after 19 March 2021 and assessed under the Planning, Development and Infrastructure Act 2016, please see PlanSA's development register.
Development Application Registers:
As required under section 105 of the Act.
Council’s Register of Salaries is updated within 28 days of a change.
As required under section 188 of the Act.
The imposition of the fees and charges schedule for various services provided are at the discretion of Council.
Council Members
As required by section 72A of the Act for gifts and benefits received by a Council Member above the value of $50.00 (as determined by the Minister for Local Government by notice in the Government Gazette).
Council Members Register of Gifts & Benefits
Council administration
As required by section 119A of the Act for gifts and benefits received by an employee above the value of $50.00 (as determined by the Minister for Local Government by notice in the Government Gazette).
Last updated 2 September 2026